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March 26, 2012
OPINION - It's clear that the embattled Rick Scott needs every tool at his disposal to help combat the perception…
March 25, 2012
OPINION - Health care reform is perhaps the signature legislative achievement of the president's tenure. The court gutting the law…
March 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top presidential adviser says President Barack Obama's decision to comment on the shooting death of an…
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - As the first African-American mayor of Florida's largest majority-black city, Shirley Gibson has single-handedly taken a city…
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing had surgery Saturday to repair a perforation of the intestines. He is expected…
March 24, 2012
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) - Rick Santorum is looking to Louisiana for a much-needed rebound in his race against front-runner Mitt…
March 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Newt Gingrich called President Obama's comments on the Trayvon Martin shooting 'disgraceful' and 'appalling' in a interview…
March 23, 2012
OPINION - Though measured, the subtext of Obama's statement was easily understood, especially for an African-American community eager to hear…
March 23, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich calls the shooting death of a black Florida teen 'a tragedy'...
March 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Corrine Brown (Fl.), Shelia Jackson-Lee (Tex.) and John Conyers (Mich.), announced Friday they will host an informal…
March 23, 2012
Rep. Allen West says that self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman had no authorization to take action against the 17-year-old Trayvon…
March 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Following remarks on the Trayvon Martin shooting by President Obama, Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt…
March 23, 2012
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was quick to condemn a supporter's comments which suggested he should pretend he's shooting at…
March 23, 2012
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is taking back his comment that the country might as…
March 23, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - John Payton, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has died. He was…